# Browserbase

Give your agents access to the whole web.

Source: https://wheredoirunthis.com/products/browserbase · JSON: https://wheredoirunthis.com/api/products/browserbase · Read on 2026-10-14

## At a glance

- Type: Sandbox
- Kind: Hosted
- Isolation: Virtual machine
- Free tier: Yes
- Starting price: $20/mo
- GPU: No
- Regions: 4
- Coverage: 14 of 61 assessed capabilities supported
- Agent readiness: read 11 of 11 signals, drive 11 of 11 signals

## Links

- Homepage: https://www.browserbase.com/
- Docs: https://docs.browserbase.com/
- Pricing: https://www.browserbase.com/pricing
- Repository: https://github.com/browserbase

## Pricing

- Model: Monthly plan plus browser-hour, agent-run, Search/Fetch calls, proxy GB and upstream LLM token usage
- Unit: browser-hour + agent-run + API calls per 1k + proxy GB + model tokens
- Free tier: Yes

| Tier | Price | Includes | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0/mo | 3 concurrent browsers; browser hours 1; agent runs 3; search 1000; Fetch 1000. Free session cap 15 minutes; data retention Free 7 days, paid 30 days. |  [source](https://www.browserbase.com/pricing) |
| Developer | $20/mo | 25 concurrent browsers; browser hours 100; agent runs 15; search 1000; Fetch 1000. Free session cap 15 minutes; data retention Free 7 days, paid 30 days. |  [source](https://www.browserbase.com/pricing) |
| Startup | $99/mo | 100 concurrent browsers; browser hours 500; agent runs 50; search 1000; Fetch 10000. Free session cap 15 minutes; data retention Free 7 days, paid 30 days. |  [source](https://www.browserbase.com/pricing) |
| Scale | custom |  | Custom; 250+ concurrent browsers, 500+ hours, custom Agent runs, HIPAA BAA/DPA and SSO. [source](https://www.browserbase.com/pricing) |

- Overages: Browser-hour Developer $0.12, Startup $0.10; Search per 1k Parallel Fast $1 / Advanced $5 / Exa $7; Fetch $1 Developer or $0.50 Startup, $4 with Proxies or Extract, $7 with both; proxy rates shown in plan expansion; model tokens market price.
- Card required: No
- Source: https://www.browserbase.com/pricing

## Website design

Desktop public website · assessed 2026-10-14

Complete assessment.

A restrained grid-led desktop site combines orange branding and bold sans-serif hierarchy with recurring dithered landscape imagery. Pricing is a four-column comparison; docs reuse the landscape motif inside a navigation-led layout.

- Styles: Swiss-inspired, Retro-computing
- Landing page: captured
- Pricing: captured
- Docs: captured

## Runtime

- **GPU & accelerators**: No — "No GPU access" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/enterprise/security) (confidence: high)
- **BYOC (Bring your own cloud)**: No — "Cloud-first; no on-prem deployment. Private cloud options/VPC connectivity do not establish deployment into the customer account." [source](https://www.browserbase.com/pricing) (confidence: high)
- **Secrets management**: Yes — "Encrypted project Secrets attached to Functions, readable as context.secrets; actual values enter Function runtime, not an external credential-injection proxy." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/functions/secrets) (confidence: high)
- **Storage options**: Browser recordings/downloads/context state; Function /tmp limited to 512 MB and not isolated or unique per invocation [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/functions/limits) (confidence: high)
- **Supported workloads**: browser-agents, web-scraping, data-extraction, form-automation, browser-testing, portal-automation [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) (confidence: high)
- **Persistence**: Ephemeral browser VMs; reusable cookies/auth/application-data Contexts; recordings retained 7/30/30+ days by plan — "Contexts persist browser state, not a disk or running process." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/browser/core-features/contexts) (confidence: high)
- **Data jurisdiction**: US Oregon, US Virginia, Germany Frankfurt, Singapore — "Browser regions; Functions currently only us-west-2." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/optimizations/latency/multi-region) (confidence: high)
- **Resource limits & quotas**: Browser concurrency 3/25/100/250+; hours 1/100/500/custom; 1-minute session minimum; Free 15 min/session. Functions TypeScript only, us-west-2, 60–900 seconds, 512 MB /tmp; Search 2 RPS and Fetch 5 RPS per project. — "Browser plan quotas from pricing; runtime limits from Functions reference." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/functions/limits) (confidence: high)
- **SDK languages**: typescript, python — "Official Browserbase Node.js and Python SDKs; third-party Playwright/Selenium bindings are not official platform SDKs." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/sdk/overview) (confidence: high)
- **Network & egress controls**: Experimental top-frame domain navigation allowlist plus configurable proxies; not a complete outbound firewall — "Does not block iframe/subframe loads or in-page resource requests." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/browser/security/allowed-domains) (confidence: high)
- **Snapshots & forks**: No — "VM killed and recreated; no instance checkpoint/fork documented." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/enterprise/security) (confidence: high)
- **Deployment methods**: api, sdk, cli, mcp, dashboard [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/functions/deploy) (confidence: high)
- **Isolation**: Virtual machine — "Each browser runs in a dedicated VM; after each session the virtual machine is killed and recreated. Hypervisor not named. Functions substrate is not disclosed." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/enterprise/security) (confidence: high)

## Capabilities

### AI & agents

| Capability | Status | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agent skills | Supported | "Browserbase Skills teach AI coding agents (like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex) how to browse and interact with the web" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/quickstarts/skills) |
| AI app builder | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Autonomous QA agent | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Built-in coding agent | Not supported | "Run autonomous browser agents on Browserbase with one API call." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/agents/overview) |
| BYOK for LLMs | Supported | "`modelApiKey` \| string \| Required when `modelName` is non-default" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/mcp/setup) |
| Credential-injection proxy | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| LLM gateway | Supported | "Browserbase routes the request to the upstream provider for you." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/model-gateway/overview) |
| MCP client | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| MCP-server hosting | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| MCP server | Supported | "https://mcp.browserbase.com/mcp" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/mcp/setup) |
| Model inference API (first-party) | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Preinstalled coding agent | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |

### Networking & delivery

| Capability | Status | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automatic HTTPS | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Direct public IPv6 | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Edge KV store | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Egress controls | Partially supported | "It does not block iframe/subframe loads or in-page resource requests (images, scripts, XHR, etc.)." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/browser/security/allowed-domains) |
| Email send / receive | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Public preview URLs | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Private networking | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Built-in reverse proxy | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |

### Organisation & security

| Capability | Status | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Built-in auth | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| BYOC | Not supported | "Private cloud options" [source](https://www.browserbase.com/pricing) |
| Deploy into customers' VPCs | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Secrets management | Supported | "A Function can read only the Secrets that you attach to it." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/functions/secrets) |
| Self-host / OSS core | Not supported | "While we don't offer on-prem deployment" [source](https://www.browserbase.com/pricing) |
| Sharing | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| SSO / SAML | Partially supported | "SAML 2.0" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/team/sso) |
| Teams | Supported | "Manage team members, roles, and project access" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/team/roles) |
| Workload identity | Partially supported | "Give your browser traffic a verifiable identity with Web Bot Auth." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/identity/web-bot-auth) |

### Developer access

| Capability | Status | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CLI | Supported | "Use the Browse CLI to drive browser automation, Browserbase cloud APIs, and Browse.sh skills from AI coding agents." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/skills/browse-cli) |
| E2B-compatible API | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Filesystem API | Partially supported | "Download, upload, and capture files from your browser sessions" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/browser/files/overview) |
| Git deploy | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| HTTP data API | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| OpenAPI spec | Supported | "openapi: 3.0.0" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/openapi.v1.yaml) |
| Private container registry | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Public API | Supported | "title: Browserbase API" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/openapi.v1.yaml) |
| SDK | Supported | "Python and Node.js" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/sdk/overview) |
| SSH access | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |

### Compute & storage

| Capability | Status | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud-init / ignition config | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Desktop / computer-use sandbox | Partially supported | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| GPU compute | Not supported | "No GPU access" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/enterprise/security) |
| Live-state (memory) snapshots | Not supported | "No browser reuse: After each session, the virtual machine is killed and recreated from scratch" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/enterprise/security) |
| Multi-region | Supported | "Available regions: `us-west-2` (Oregon), `us-east-1` (Virginia), `eu-central-1` (Frankfurt), and `ap-southeast-1` (Singapore)." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/optimizations/latency/multi-region) |
| Object storage | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Persistent disk | Not supported | "After each session, the virtual machine is killed and recreated from scratch" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/enterprise/security) |
| Sandbox templates / custom images | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Scale to zero | Supported | "One Minute Minimum: each browser session requires dedicated resources" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/optimizations/concurrency/overview) |
| Selectable isolation runtime | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Snapshots / forking | Not supported | "After each session, the virtual machine is killed and recreated from scratch" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/enterprise/security) |

### Data

| Capability | Status | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Database branching | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Ephemeral instant DB (no-signup) | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| First-party database | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Vector search | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |

### Platform & operations

| Capability | Status | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Managed CI/CD runners | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Built-in observability | Supported | "Debug and monitor your browser sessions with logs, metrics, and real-time inspection" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/browser/observability/observability) |
| Preview environments | Not applicable | "Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Scheduled tasks | Not supported | "invoke it from a webhook, backend, queue worker, or scheduled job" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/functions/overview) |
| Project template marketplace | Supported | "Start building right away with 30+ ready-made templates." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |
| Durable workflows | Not supported | "One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM." [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction) |

## Agent readiness

### Read: 11 of 11 signals present

11/11 signals (8 full, 3 partial)

- Llms txt: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/llms.txt — HTTP 200, substantive complete documentation index"
- Llms full txt: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/llms-full.txt — HTTP 200, 1117675 bytes, retained capped pointer"
- Robots AI policy: partial — "https://www.browserbase.com/robots.txt — User-agent: * Allow: /; default allow, no explicit AI user agents"
- JSON LD: partial — "https://www.browserbase.com/ — Organization structured data, not a SoftwareApplication/Product offer model"
- Sitemap: pass — "https://www.browserbase.com/sitemap.xml — HTTP 200, 62090 bytes, nontrivial URL set"
- Meta quality: pass — "https://www.browserbase.com/ — descriptive title/description and OpenGraph in current HTML"
- Markdown negotiation: pass — "https://www.browserbase.com/ and https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/introduction — Accept: text/markdown returns text/markdown"
- Content efficiency: partial — "https://www.browserbase.com/ — HTMLParser visible text 5983 bytes / 380293 HTML bytes = 1.57%"
- Docs discoverable: pass — "https://www.browserbase.com/ — first-class Docs header link"
- Pricing machine readable: pass — "https://www.browserbase.com/pricing — four structured plans plus comparison rates"
- Anti bot: pass — "Current landing/pricing/docs and well-known files fetched without bot challenges; missing paths are ordinary error pages"

### Drive: 11 of 11 signals present

11/11 signals (9 full, 2 partial)

- Public API: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/openapi.v1.yaml — documented public REST API"
- Openapi spec: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/openapi.v1.yaml — 160403 bytes, OpenAPI 3.0.0"
- MCP server: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/mcp/setup — hosted Streamable HTTP endpoint and local STDIO setup"
- SDK packages: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/sdk/overview — official Node.js and Python SDKs"
- Auth docs: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/create-a-session — x-bb-api-key documented"
- Agent self serve creds: partial — "https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/mcp/setup — obtain API key in dashboard; no programmatic issuance documented"
- Webhooks: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/webhooks/verifying-deliveries — signed events and verification"
- CLI tool: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/skills/browse-cli — official Browse CLI"
- Error model: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/openapi.v1.yaml — structured statusCode/error/message responses"
- Rate limit docs: pass — "https://docs.browserbase.com/optimizations/concurrency/overview — x-ratelimit-limit, remaining, reset, retry-after headers"
- Agent config: partial — "https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/quickstarts/skills — documented installable Skills surface; agents.md/well-known agent endpoint not found"

## Coding harnesses

- Claude Code (Anthropic) — "Browserbase Skills teach AI coding agents (like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex) how to browse and interact with the web" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/quickstarts/skills)
- Cursor (Anysphere) — "Browserbase Skills teach AI coding agents (like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex) how to browse and interact with the web" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/quickstarts/skills)
- Codex CLI (OpenAI) — "Browserbase Skills teach AI coding agents (like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex) how to browse and interact with the web" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/welcome/quickstarts/skills)

## Compliance & regions

- SOC 2 Type II: certified (scope: hosted) — "SOC 2 Type 2 Report - 2026" [source](https://trust.browserbase.com/)
- HIPAA: enterprise-only (scope: hosted) — "HIPAA compliant: Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) available" [source](https://docs.browserbase.com/account/enterprise/security)
- SOC 2 Type I: certified (scope: hosted) — "SOC 2 Type 1" [source](https://trust.browserbase.com/)
- Regions: us-west-2 (Oregon), us-east-1 (Virginia), eu-central-1 (Frankfurt), ap-southeast-1 (Singapore)
- Regions note: Current specific browser region reference supersedes broad pricing FAQ regions. Functions only us-west-2.

## Company & presence

- Headquarters: San Francisco, California, US
- Privacy policy: https://www.browserbase.com/privacy-policy
- Terms of service: https://www.browserbase.com/terms-of-service
- GitHub: https://github.com/browserbase
- Docs: https://docs.browserbase.com/
- Blog: https://www.browserbase.com/blog
- X/Twitter: https://x.com/browserbase
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/browserbasehq/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@browserbase

## Nearby in the atlas

- [Agent Safehouse](/products/agent-safehouse.md)
- [Agent Sandbox](/products/agent-sandbox.md)
- [Agent Substrate](/products/agent-substrate.md)
- [Agent37](/products/agent37.md)
- [AgentNest](/products/agentnest.md)
- [Anthropic Sandbox Runtime (srt)](/products/sandbox-runtime.md)

## Method

Facts come from the product's own public pages. Each claim carries its evidence: a quote and the page it came from. We count capabilities rather than grade products, and "Not assessed" means we have not checked, never that the product lacks it.